Friday, December 24, 2010

One of the players Houston picked up from Colorado for Matt Lindstrom has been familiar to the organization at least since 2005. The Astros selected left-hander Wes Musick in the 46th Round (their final pick) of that year's draft. At that time, Musick was an 18 year old pitcher out of Hudson High Schoo in Lufkin, Texas. Since then, Musick went to the University of Houston. Following four seasons there (one as a red-shirt), he was drafted by Colorado in 2009. He spent last year with Asheville, the Rockies' South Atlantic League affiliate. I am curious to see if Musick will be reunited with his old University of Houston battery-mate, Chris Wallace, who the Astros drafted and signed in 2010. Wallace split last summer between Greeneville and Tri-City.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

According to Baseball America, Andy Van Hekken will be back in the Houston organization for another season in 2011. Van Hekken, 31 joined the organization during the 2008 season, and the left-handed pitcher has spent time in both Corpus Christi and Round Rock over the last three seasons as a Farmstro. He spent all of 2010 with Round Rock. For any readers in Holland, Michigan, welcome back, Andy.